Portable resuscitating table



Feb. 28, 1950 M. M. FLEMING 2,499,242

PORTABLE RESUSCITATING TABLE Filed Dec. 15, 1945 a 38 I3 4 I9 37 39 37 HZ6 24 o\oao ooo o lllllllll I mm 1 L1 5 Km 30 2a 52 5a F 44 (I2 Inventor22 2|) 23 Mar amfflfarsfia/lfyemzhy a, s J B, M

Fl 5 M Patented Feb. 28, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

The invention as described herein, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, consistsof a resuscitating table and has for an object toprovide a portable table of this nature.

Another object of the invention is to provide an adjustableresuscitating table.

A further object of this invention is toprovide .a collapsible tablewhich may 'be folded into a relatively small compact space and carried"sim- .ilar to a suitcase.

A primary object of this invention is the provision of means wherebypersons, as in the army, in accidents or anywhere afield and in a comalcondition may be placed on any emergency table treated without waitingfor them to beitransported to a hospital.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from thefollowing description and the accompanying illustrative drawings inwhich:

Figure l is a side elevational view of my improved resuscitating table;

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof;

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view, the legs being removed;

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of a keeper; and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of an element referred to hereinafter asa bearing plate.

While one embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the abovereferred to drawings, it is to be understood that they are merely forthe purpose of illustration and that various changes in construction maybe resorted to in the course of manufacture in order that the inventionmay be utilized to the best advantage according to circumstances whichmay arise, without in any way departing from the spirit and intention ofthe device, which is to be limited only in accordance with the appendedclaims. And while there is stated the primary field of utility of theinvention it remains obvious that it may be employed in any othercapacity wherein it may be found applicable.

In the accompanying drawings, and in the following specification, thesame reference characters are used to designate the same parts andelements throughout and in which [0 refers to the invention and Hindicates an operating table formed in three sections l2, l3 and H. Theend section I3 is connected to the center section l4, by means of apiano-like hinge I5, and is adapted to be folded flat upon the sectionM. The end section II is connected to section I4, by a double hinge I 6,in order that said section may overlie both sections l4 and i3, and whenso folded a hook ill, attached to member 1, may be caught in an eye IS,on section l2,where- -by all three members l2, l3 and I4 maybe securedin a compact parcel of about three met in length and carried by a handlel9 attached to edge d0 of section 14.

On the underside "20 of member l4 and cen- *trally "disposed is abearing plate 2|, provided with'prodecting pirrtles 22 and 23, to whichare "pivotally connected leg sections 24 "and 25, 26

and 21, respectively, to *each set of which is connected telescopically'u-shaped leg sections 28 and 29, which may 'be adjusted for height anddined thy Wmgnuts '30 and 31, orwvhioh may be run up to the section l4,and folded thereunder when the device is collapsed.

Pivoted to the under edges 32 and 33 of section I4 are straps 34 and 35,which are adapted to be swung under the offset ends 35 and 31 of keepers38 and 35, fixed respectively to the inner edges 40 and 4| of sectionsI2 and I3 of the table I I, whereby when the same is extended for usethe said several sections of the table will be held rigid relative toone another. A cable 42 has its ends connected to eyes 43 and 44, on thelower ends 45 and 46 of the said leg sections 28 and 29, to hold thesame from spreading apart when the table is set up. A filler strip 41 isattached to the intermediate plate 48, between the leaves 49 and 50 ofthe said hinge member I5.

Section I2, of the table is provided with spaced apertures 5| and 52,for receiving straps (not shown) for securing a patients arms and thesection I3 is provided with double sets of apertures 53 and 54, 55 and56, through means of which the legs and ankles of a patient may bestrapped to the table.

The above equipment has been designed for carrying out the "Eve" methodof artificial respiration which requires that a drowning patient beplaced upon a fiat surface of suflicient length and secured thereto andthen placed upon a fulcrum, inclined with head down until all water isdrained out, then rocked alternately on a 45 to 50 angle and at aschedule of ten double rocks per minute until breathing becomes normalor the patient pronounced dead by a physician.

In drowning cases quick action is essential and hospitalization is outof the question. The above described device can be operated at the placeof theidrowning and is such that the apparatus maybe set up in a momentor two.

From the foregoing specification it will become apparent that theinvention disclosed will adequately accomplish the functions for whichit has been designed and in an economical manher and that itssimplicity, accuracy and ease of operation are such as to provide arelatively inexpensive device considering what it will accomplish andthat it will find an important place in the art to which it appertainswhen once placed on the market.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the inventionrelates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the inventionafter considering the description in connection with the drawings.Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Changes in shape, size and rearrangement oi details and parts such ascome within the purview of the invention claimed may be resorted to, inactual practice, if desired.

Having now described the invention that which is claimed to be new anddesired to be procured by Letters Patent is:

l. A portable table for use in practicing the Eve method ofresuscitation, comprising a center section, two end sections, hingesconnecting the end sections with the center section, said sections beingextensible to comprise an elongated platform, means to pivotally supportthe center section so that all three sections may be rocked together.said means comprising a bearing plate secured to and extending acrossthe center section, pintles on the ends of said plate and collapsiblelegs pivotally securable to said pintles.

2. A portable table for use in practicing the Eve method ofresuscitation, comprising a cenbetween said pairs of leg sections toprevent transverse spreading of the legs, and a flexible cable securedto and between said ground contacting sections to prevent longitudinalspreading of the legs.

MARGARET MARSHALL FLEMING.

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